RE: Maintenance prices DOUBLED?

Posted in 2003

Obnoxio The Clown — Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:33:21 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

St'phane Gadoury wrote: > Can someone clarify what is exactly the difference between Workgroup & > Enterprise ? > > We also had a HUGE increase because IBM is going cpu based instead of > users. We have a total of 72 cpu...imagine the price tag !!!! IBM would love everybody to use CPU-based licensing because it's nice and simple and nudges everyone towards that godawful Pisspoor Disadvantage licensing scheme. However, if you tell your sales person that you don't want to pay CPU costs, then you shouldn't have to. -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche